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About Eugene register-guard. (Eugene, Or.) 1930-1983 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 21, 1944)
i Lt-nrv Of First Division tntlNSTON T1 BUter Sept. 17 (De- Radloj r1 .m '-Bloody Gusda' .Da n Insane fury. Meanwhile, the 7th marines under CoL Herman Hanneken, colorful regiment com mander who won the congression al medal of honor, is completing the mop-up of Peleliu's southern tip. me Japanese miutrated In a desperate escape effort last nisht and 20 were killed at Hanneken's command post, but the colonel, unrumeo, exacted speedy von' gence this morning when his for u.nrn hattalinns cnrcw i.i. fl,- k . n-.nrlne . ... v L iilkri to m - '., r-cm. narrow bottleneck to a small II as (Vis wavy held ,lcanal almost u-nn J1 on sheer coral- ks"". o.i.liu "tiooay the most vicious lie History of the first marine f j fiuadsl K.r,rfr this two-ey- m' S,-,n, the Pliil'P- ughest they have k4- t.IDriy foot they is", it denuded krJ,nne ridge Pitted r Z buW"ed by con" P1SSS rising from XT. j f Peleliu air- ,,!! now nave r . was taken, the 1 VrTend of.the island P'ujtiie continued nr. on th( rA rnu" the regiment, under mucn- rol Loins ' Piling the ridge after L m salient " -Rjri it eastern flank. a . ewpnt over thick Jungle and man Innpi in hich ndivld- '" :Ut.nf Wil l arp iiKiivttiA ...... fics Live teh Topic Bbject in Dnwu ' L the war is over, uit "" La.i .lection that will es- fae type of government mjj nave in me ja.-"- t now, there's a campaign L to i vacant seat In Ll it ii a working class U..H l.t. Col. William E. k a local manufacturer, is L.anntiv candidate, op- . br Arthur Eaton, a irucn who ii candidate of the tedent labor party. rcnservative speakers are atrial at the independent artrt urogram lor ine r .. .. . j i Nor nationalization or uiaus' rtk thev aay, would be dis ks lor Britain because it Mrmit "a walkover lor ta in tne international kition for world trade. brt American businessmen tike nothing better than to bin nationalize her Indus- me conservative speaker ludience. "For then they know that the world mar line theirs forever." peninsula and annihilated trapped enemy garrison. The battle for Peleliu is pro gressing as well as can be ex pected against intense opposition. Despite fierce opposition, the casualties still are not excessive and the ratio of killed to wound ed is extremely low. Our command of the air still is unchallenged by a single enemy plane and likewise our sea domi nance has been absolute both on and below the surface. The troops are,getting the. most smashing air and naval support accorded any amphibious operation I have witnessed and once the heights are won the battle may break In A quick finish. When it does an estimated 40.- 0(10 Japanese trapped helplessly on Babelthuap, Kcror and other Plt,u islands iitara'ly will see Hie dissolution of their last barricade to the Philippines. . . ' t - T ' . :; J 1 if XkV V 'i It " l Reclamation Job Materials Sought WASHINGTON. W Sen. O'Mahoney D, Wyo.) has called on Actinf Chairman J. A. Kruf of the war production board to release materials for construe tion of reclamation projects au thorized by congress but delayed In buildini because of the war. In a letter to Krug released oy his office, O'Mahoney declared that WPB's "stop construction!" orders were aimed primarily to conserve materials, although labor was a secondary factor. While the labor supply prob lem still remains acute in some sections of the country." he said, "the supply of material is, I un derstand, no longer a matter of serious concern. Funds - In the sum. of approximately tlOO.O.oo. 000 have been appropriated for these Dtoiects numbering about 40 and located in 12 states " Declaring the projects woul offer substantial post-war em ployment, O'Maneney asked Kruf Eugene Kegister-Cuard, Thursday, Sept 21, 1941 . "whether or not It woum oe i . -. . , Page 3 feasible for the war production i board to raise the materials lim- nations now wherever practicable iso that the bureau of reclamation may be free to undertone con struction whenever it appears to the war ..manpower commission that the necessary labor is avail able." The list of reclamation projects n'Mahonev seeks to complete in cludes the Deschutes project, cover power plant, in Oregon, and Grand Coulee dam, including -mcrcencv sDillway work, Wash ington. of Tucson, Aril. N. Carl Nielsen j cf Gig Harbor, Wash., will con tinue as correspondent national (secretary) In the absence of Ma). Charles W. Ardery, in the armed forces. Gardner B. Parsons, Idaho, was elected vice commander; E. B. Martin, Oklahoma, garde de la porte, and Jay Tharp, Colorado, drapeau national. ' ' , The terminology and titles of the Forty and Eight are based on" those of officials of French rail roads known to those who served in the AEF of World War I and the present war. New Forty And Eight Officers Announced CHICAGO W Spence S. Eccles of Ogden, Utah, was elect ed chef de chemin de fer, corres ponding to national commander, of the Forty and Eight, f unmaking affiliate of the American Legion, at the annual convention Tues day. Eccles succeeds Oscar C. Lamp LET US KEEP YOUR CAR OF TODAY ON THE ROAD TOMORROW We give your cor Immediate attention. Hot those neces sary body repairs mads now . . . your car will last longer and give you now car appearance. Marshall's Body & Fender Works 146 East 11th Ave. Phons 4188 Francis Gallet and John Hamer, Prop, MARQUE AND MARLYS, Apache and novelty danee team, are j Deing leaiurea nisnuy inrougn sunaay in an an new nowr mu. The Holland. Also presented are Tanjara, exotie dancer. Just com- I pletlnr a record breaking tour of the west coast; and Dorothy Allen, : novelty sinter. Playing nightly for dancing and floor shews Is Larry Sharpc and his orchestra. V Southwest Pacific Has New Names r mikers are kept on the em days. As war prog botmdariei are hurdled by I or entirely disamiear: range wnn tne occupa- a invading forces or are previously unnamed 'J new 10-color wall man Ntoit Asia and Pacific which will stmnlement Fber issue of the National p&c magazine, appear four o mat are used for the at on a general map. Arm r nrategists need no loneer "jut the name of the sea fa the Philippines and the pj islands, recently hotly pl Nimitz named it the sea. 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